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Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Steve Jobs, Daniele De Iuliis, Douglas B. Satzger, Richard P. Howarth +10 · Examiner: Robert A Delehanty · AU 2914 · TC 2900

Application
29/296,791
filed 29 Oct 2007
Publication
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US D582267
granted 9 Dec 2008

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a package in accordance with the present design. The package can, for example, be used to package an electronic device such as a media device.

FIG. 2 is a front or back view for the package of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 3 is a left or right side view for the package of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 4 is a top or bottom view for the package of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a package in accordance with an alternate embodiment;

FIG. 6 is a front or back view for the package of FIG. 5 ;

FIG. 7 is a left or right side view for the package of FIG. 5 ;

FIG. 8 is a top or bottom view for the package of FIG. 5 ;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a package in accordance with an alternate embodiment;

FIG. 10 is a front view of the package of FIG. 9 ;

FIG. 11 is a back view of the package of FIG. 9 ;

FIG. 12 is a left or right side view of the package of FIG. 9 ; and,

FIG. 13 is a top or bottom view of the package of FIG. 9 .

The broken lines shown as dashed lines represent unclaimed subject matter and form no part of the claimed design. The broken lines shown as dashed-dotted lines represent indeterminate length of the sides of the package. The characteristic feature of the design resides in a package for an article of manufacture such as a media device or an electronic device.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D09/432

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